Grandma Elyse's Visit!

Grandma Elyse, Shelby, and Rick came out to visit us for a long weekend. It was so great to see the girls reconnect with their grandma! They warmed up well to Rick as well, but they LOVED Shelby! Especially Liliana, which is a miracle. We didn't get to see the cherry blossoms as planned because of weather conditions and busy metros, but we did get to eat lots of yummy food, see the Virginia Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, shop, and play. Here are some pictures from their visit- some of them taken by Shelby!

Our first order of business was to make sugar cookies.

While the cookies chilled in the fridge, Grandma got to take Grace to school. Grace insisted on introducing her to everyone (literally, everyone that she saw) and showing her around the classroom. She tried to talk the teacher into letting her stay through class, but it didn't work.

After school we decorated the cookies :D

That night the girls had a movie night sans us parents.
Even Moira got to stay up and join the party!

We had some downtime at the park Saturday morning.


Saturday afternoon was the Air and Space Museum-
this one has a space shuttle and a Concorde jet.



We skipped up to Dulles Town Center after that for a train ride
and Cheesecake Factory. Yummmm....

Most nights we had the girls show off their Guitar Hero skills-
we even got Elyse, Shelby, and Rick playing!




We didn't want it to happen but Tuesday did come and we had to say goodbye.
But not without some pictures!

Thank goodness we have an Arizona trip planned for this summer- it was hard for the girls (especially Grace) to let Grandma go! Hopefully someday we can move closer!